A grand jury alleged more than 300 clergymen sexually abused more than 1,000 victims

A Vatican spokesman on Thursday expressed “shame and sorrow” about the allegations of abuse by more than 300 Catholic clergymen in Pennsylvania over 70 years that were detailed in a grand jury report released Tuesday.

“The abuses described in the report are criminal and morally reprehensible,” Greg Burke, the Vatican spokesman, said in a statement. “Those acts were betrayals of trust that robbed survivors of their dignity and their faith. The church must learn hard lessons from its past, and there should be accountability...